Fastener



Oct. 11, 1932. B, ZB RG 1,882,496

FASTENER Filed Nov. 8, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 11, 1932. B; P.HOLZBERG FASTENER Filed Nov. 8, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 (Ittorneg PatentedOct. 11, 1932 5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BAREND P. HOLZBEBG, OIWASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FASTENER Application filed November 8,1930. Serial No. 494,416.-

This invention relates to fasteners and more Fig. 6 is a transversesectional view particularly to fasteners used to secure the through afastener such as shown in Figs. 1 ends of webbing used in upholstering,and to 5 said view being taken as on line 6-6 has for its object toprovide a device of this of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction ofcharacter which is simple in construction, efthe arrows; 5f; ficient inuse, and less costly to manufacture Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectionalview of than those heretofore proposed. the-fastener taken as on line 77of Fig. 6 Another object of this invention is to pro-- and looking inthe direction of the arrows; M vide a fastener for the ends of thespring- Fig. 8 shows a fastener constituting a supporting webbing onupholstered furnimodified form of the invention; I 55 ture or similarmaterial which must with- Fig. 9 is a perspective view illustratingstand tension or sustain weight, the construc the complete folding ofthe fastener shown tion of the fastener being such that it may in Fig.8;

be manufactured in large quantities and of Figs. 10 and 12 are viewssimilar to Fig. 8

relatively light weight malleable metal. In and showing furthermodifications of fastenany event the fastener should be of sufficient erconstructions; and

strength to equalize the distribution of the Figs. 11 and 13areperspective viewsillus longitudinal strains of the material beingtrating the complete folding of the fasteners U held over the wholewidth of said material. illustrated respectively in Figs. 10 and 12. a

Broadly the invention resides in the pro- Referrin to Figs. 1 to 7 itwill be seen vision of a substantially rectangular main that this fastener comprises a main body body portion with an attached extensionportion generally indicated by the numeral which is adapted to be foldedover a por- 1 which is of substantially rectangularshape,

7 tion, and be brought within the confines of provided at each of itsends with an extensaid main body portion, which latter is then sion ortongue indicated at 2 and'3 which bent to secure the end of the webbingin a are in alignment with each other, which have fold containing saidextension, the Whole fasa width slightly less than the width of thetener to be secured to the frame of the furnimain body portion 1, andwhich are of a p ture or other support. length each equal substantiallyto thejlength :50 Referring to the accompanying drawings of said mainbody portion. Thus it will be 75 forming a part of this specificationand in seen that the main body portion is left with which like numeralsdesignate like parts'in a rectangular lateral section 4 disposed to allthe views, i p one side of but intermediate the extensions 2" Fig. 1 isa perspective view of the bottom and 3. of a chair to which thisinvention has been In application the fastener is placed-be 5: applied;tween the end of the webbing 5, and the bot Fig. 2 is a viewillustrating how a pluraltom of the side rail 6 of a chair for examityof fasteners may be economically prople, after which one of the tonguessuch as 2 vided from a sheet of metal; is bent over its line of juncturewith the Fig. 3 illustrates the first step in securing main bodyportion, and pressed down upon the fastener to the endof a piece ofwebbing; the webbing. Then the other tongue 3 is Fig. 4 illustrates afollowing step in sesimilarly bent and pressed down on top of curing thefastener to said webbing; the tongue 2, see Figure 4, after which theFig. 5 illustrates thecompletely formed section 4 ofthe fastener,together with the fastening of the parts shown in Figs. 3 and 4; extremeend of the webbing 5, is bent over the folded tongues. The entirefastener and webbing are firmly secured to the rail 6 of the chair as bythe usual upholstering nails 10 passed through perforations 11 formed inthe metal of the fastener. Preferably, but not necessarily, theseperforations are pre punched at definite locations not only in thetongues but in the main body portion so that when the fastener iscompletely folded as above described, the perforations will be half aslong. In other words the tongues 15 l and 16 are similarly placed butare shortened so that when they are bent over the line of juncture withthe main body portion, their extreme ends will substantially meet asindicated at 17 in Figure 9. c

The modification shown in Figures 10 and 11 illustrates a form ofconstruction which is the same as that shown in Figure'2 except that oneof the tongues has been omitted. In other words this fastener has onlythe single tongue 3.

The modification shown in Figures 12 and 13 illustrates a form offastener wherein the tongues, instead of being formed in prolongation ofthe main body portion as hereinbefore stated, are parallelly and adjacently formed along one longitudinal side of said body portion. That isto say the main body portion 20 is provided with a tongue 21 parallelthereto and spaced therefrom by the cutting die to provide a slotway 22,one end of said tongue being joined as at 23 to one end of the main bodyportion with the free end of said tongue extending not quite to theopposite end of the main body portion. There is provided a second tongue24 likewise parallel to the main body portion and lying adjacent thetongue 21', one end of the tongue 24 joined as at 25 to the main bodyportion with its other free end substantially coextensive with theopposite end of said body portion, all as will be clear from Figure 12.The two tongues are separated from each other by the cutting die butleft joined to the main body portion for folding thereover. In applyingthis modified fastener, the end of the webbing is passed through theslotway 22 after which the tongue 21 is bent laterally to overlie theupper surface of the webbing as well as the main body'portion. Then theother tongue 24 is likewise laterally bent over the tongue 21 andpressed down thereon. Lastly the edge of the main body portion, oppositeto that to which the tongues are secured, is bent over and pressed downupon the uppermost tongue 24 carrying with it the end of the webbingwhich is thereby folded over the two tongues 21 and 2 1, after which theentire fastener is secured to the rail of the chair or other support.

By this construction it will be seen that there is provided a fastenerprovided with means which, when secured in place, will receive all ofthe longitudinal strains placed upon the webbing and distribute saidstrains along a transverse element of, the webbing. Heretofore, webbinghas merely been tacked in place, the tacks taking none of thelongitudinal strain of the webbing which is therefore transferredthrough friction to the transverse threads of the webbing which latterin turn are held in place by thetacks. The tongues are preferably madeof a width slightly less than half the width of the main body portion sothat the section 4 may have sufficient material to form the enlargedfold indicated at in Figure 6, with ultimate registration of theopposite long side edges of the main body portion. On the other hand, ifthe material being secured has no appreciable thickness, the tongues maybe substantially half the width of the main body portion.

It is obvious that'those skilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction as well as arrangements of parts without departing from thespirit of the invention and therefore it is not desired to be limited tothe foregoing except as may be required by the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a piece of upholstery webbing or the like, of afastener comprising a bendable metal plate through which tacks or thelike may be driven, said plate having a tongue at one edge folded downupon and across the webbing, the end of the webbing being folded downover the tongue, forming a loop within which the tongue extends tosustain pull on the webbing and the plate having a rear portion bentdown upon the end of the webbing and clamping the same around thetongue.

2. The combination with a piece of upholstery webbing or the like, ofafastener comprising a bendable metal plate through which tacks or thelike may be driven, said plate having tongues at opposite edgesfoldeddown upon and across the webbing, the end of the webbing being foldeddown over the tongues, forming a loop within which the tongues extend tosustain pull on the webbing, and the plate having a rear portion bentdown upon the end of the webbing and clamping the same around thetongues.

3. The combination with a piece of upholstery webbing or the like, of afastener

